Julius Baer Group announced organisational and leadership changes designed to further strengthen the Group?s transformational efforts and strategy execution. The appointed COO Jean Nabaa brings over 20 years of international experience in financial services, with an extensive focus on wealth management. He joins Julius Baer from HSBC, where he was most recently COO for International Wealth and Premier Banking and COO for Global Private Banking.
Prior to that, he held COO positions at Standard Chartered Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch and began his career at McKinsey & Company in Switzerland. A Swiss national, Jean Nabaa holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Lausanne.Nic Dreckmann will step down as COO and Deputy CEO of Julius Baer on 13 April 2026 by mutual agreement. He will leave Julius Baer by summer 2026 after an orderly transition, to pursue opportunities outside the Group.
A new Group Communications function will also be established and be led by Cindy Leggett-Flynn, who will join Julius Baer in January 2026 and report directly to the CEO. Cindy Leggett-Flynn has a distinguished international career in strategic communications. Most recently, she served as Global Head of Communications at Credit Suisse, where she led the function during the acquisition by UBS.
Prior to that, she was Chief Communications Officer at AIG, and spent over 16 years at Brunswick Group, as a Partner and Managing Partner for Greater China. A US national, Cindy Leggett-Flynn holds a Master of Arts in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge, UK.
